William Hale Thompson
33rd Mayor of Chicago

Party:
Republican

Elected:
1st term:
February 23, 1915 (primary)
Defeated Jacob A. Hey and Harry Olson
April 6, 1915(general)
Defeated Robert M. Sweitzer (Democrat), John H. Hill (Prohibition), Seymour Stedman (Socialist) and Charles Thomson (Progressive)

2nd term:
February 25, 1919 (primary)
Defeated Harry Olson and Charles E. Merriam
April 1, 1919 (general)
Defeated Robert M. Sweitzer (Democrat), Adolph S. Carm (Socialist Labor), John Collins (Socialist), John Fitzpatrick (Labor) and Maclay Hoyne (Independent)

3rd term:
February 22, 1927 (primary)
Defeated Edward R. Litsinger and Eugene McCaffrey
April 5, 1927 (general)
Defeated William E. Dever (Democrat) and J.D. Robertson (People’s Ownership Smash Crime Rings)

Inaugurations:
1st term: April 26, 1915: Inaugural Address
2nd term: April 18, 1919: Inaugural Address
3rd term: April 18, 1927: Inaugural Address

Terms of office:
1st term: 1915-1919
2nd term: 1919-1923
3rd term: 1927-1931

Birth:
May 14, 1869
Boston, MA

Personal:
In his youth, went west and became cowboy, later manager of a cattle ranch in New Mexico
1892 – Returned to Chicago to manage his father’s estate
Played football for Chicago Athletic association
1901 – Elected alderman of 2nd Ward
1901 – Married Miss Mary “Maysie” Walker Wyse, they had no children
1902 – Member of the county board

Death:
March 19, 1944
Chicago, IL

Gravesite:
Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago

Sources:
Grossman, James R., Ann Durkin Keating, and Janice L. Reiff, editors. Encyclopedia of Chicago. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Chicago Daily Tribune, Dec. 20, 1901, pg. 3.
Chicago Daily Tribune, March 20, 1944, pg. 16.
Chicago Daily Tribune, March 21, 1944, pg. 16.